Any frontend (besides SF) have squelch strings?

[Tgo01]

I love using storm front but the memory leaks drive me crazy sometimes but to my knowledge it's the only front end with squelch strings.

Unless I'm wrong there. Does Wizard have squelch strings?

[Askip]

I love using storm front but the memory leaks drive me crazy sometimes but to my knowledge it's the only front end with squelch strings.

Unless I'm wrong there. Does Wizard have squelch strings?

Yes, I squelched quite a bit with the Wizard FE - your disk follows you dutifully, etc.

[Tgo01]

Yes, I squelched quite a bit with the Wizard FE - your disk follows you dutifully, etc.

Hmm, I'll have to check out Wizard FR again, I could have sworn it didn't allow for squelches.

[Anebriated]

config -> text strings. there is a tab for squelches.

[Tgo01]

Well look at that, there are squelch strings :D

Although it seems to have a limit in Wizard but the limit seems high enough that I shouldn't go over it...hopefully.

I can't believe how much less memory Wizard takes than SF, like a tenth less and after the memory leaks start kicking in on SF it could end up being one hundredth less.

The important questions now are is there a way to get rid of the prompt in game? The > symbol that appears after every time you move or perform an action?

Is there a way to share settings (macros, squelch strings, highlights, etc) between different characters on different accounts like you can in SF?

Also do any lich scripts work differently in WizardFE than Stormfront?

[Anebriated]

I havent experimented with that much but if you just save everything to the default character settings then it would be shared across all of them.

edit: one thing to keep in mind that if you have multiple windows open you have to create and save the new settings on the last one you close out. Its easiest to do it with only one window open and then close it before logging everyone back in. If you log out the one you saved the settings on and then log another one out the settings wont save. If that makes sense...

[Tgo01]

I havent experimented with that much but if you just save everything to the default character settings then it would be shared across all of them.

edit: one thing to keep in mind that if you have multiple windows open you have to create and save the new settings on the last one you close out. Its easiest to do it with only one window open and then close it before logging everyone back in. If you log out the one you saved the settings on and then log another one out the settings wont save. If that makes sense...

Ahh, thank ya very much.

Maybe I'll spend a couple of hours and get around to setting up all of my characters on Wizard tonight. My computer's memory would certainly appreciate it.

Any idea if lich scripts run differently on SF or Wizard?

[Whirlin]

I know someone wrote a squelching script that you could use.

Found it:

squelch -- Perfect if you want to ignore someone. Various options to only squelch someone's verbs towards you, all of their verbs, their speech etc. This won't squelch the entire room when the ignored person and their disk are in the room.


Hey wait a second....

[Tgo01]

I know someone wrote a squelching script that you could use.

Found it:


Hey wait a second....

That bastard stole my idea!

[Anebriated]

There are a few minor differences but nothing that would interfere with anything you have written so far. mostly because they have stopped updating the wizFE certain things will pop up on screen that should be clickable but aren't so you just have to figure it out as you go.

[Tgo01]

Anyone know why sometimes squelch strings are ignored? For the most part it seems to be working fine but sometimes it just doesn't work. Seems to mostly (only?) be affecting strings that include a critter's name in it.

[Tgo01]

Anyone know why sometimes squelch strings are ignored? For the most part it seems to be working fine but sometimes it just doesn't work. Seems to mostly (only?) be affecting strings that include a critter's name in it.

Apparently has something to do with critter names being highlighted in monster bold. I took off the monster bold setting and I can squelch those lines now.

I like monster bold for critters but I suppose I can learn to live without it.

[Tgo01]

Apparently has something to do with critter names being highlighted in monster bold. I took off the monster bold setting and I can squelch those lines now.

I like monster bold for critters but I suppose I can learn to live without it.

Apparently I can't use GameObj npcs with lich if monster bold is turned off.

Well this sucks :(

[Tgo01]

Anyone know how to get sounds to work for windows other than the main window?

I want sounds to play in my thoughts window but they won't. The strings are being highlights so at least I know that part works but no sounds.

[m444w]

Sounds to play in your thought window?

[Tgo01]

Sounds to play in your thought window?

Yeah. Like if I highlight my name and want it to play a sound whenever the game sees my name. It works for the main game window but not the thoughts window :(

[m444w]

Ah, that's probably just a dumb wizard limitation, but it's easy enough to do in Lich.

If you just want basic system sounds you can use this gem:

https://github.com/djberg96/win32-sound

If you want smarter TTS speech notifications: "You have XXX bounty for N of X" or whatever, and use windows I forked the Ruby tts gem to add Windows support (it requires you have mpg123 accessible on your path though)

https://github.com/ondreian/tts

if you aren't on windows then you can just sudo apt-get install mpg123 and gem install tts

[RangerZ]

I use WizFE too. I believe the sounds don't work for lnet text, only the highlights work.

One alternate method I use for squelching is to create a highlight for the text and make it the same color as the background. It leaves line breaks in the window, which can be helpful sometimes.

If you look in the folder \Simu\Wizard\Gemstone, character profile files for each of your players are there: .Colors, .Squ, .Mac, +4 others. You can copy and rename them across all your characters for consistency, like if you make updates to a certain character. Also helps when you start playing at another computer, or keep as a backup.

[Tgo01]

Ah, that's probably just a dumb wizard limitation, but it's easy enough to do in Lich.

If you just want basic system sounds you can use this gem:

https://github.com/djberg96/win32-sound

If you want smarter TTS speech notifications: "You have XXX bounty for N of X" or whatever, and use windows I forked the Ruby tts gem to add Windows support (it requires you have mpg123 accessible on your path though)

https://github.com/ondreian/tts

if you aren't on windows then you can just sudo apt-get install mpg123 and gem install tts

Sounds pretty darn awesome. Now here's a noob question, how do I run ruby scripts via a lich scripts? :/


I use WizFE too. I believe the sounds don't work for lnet text, only the highlights work.

One alternate method I use for squelching is to create a highlight for the text and make it the same color as the background. It leaves line breaks in the window, which can be helpful sometimes.

If you look in the folder \Simu\Wizard\Gemstone, character profile files for each of your players are there: .Colors, .Squ, .Mac, +4 others. You can copy and rename them across all your characters for consistency, like if you make updates to a certain character. Also helps when you start playing at another computer, or keep as a backup.

Thank ya for the tips. When I get around to moving all of my other characters to Wizard I'll look into copying new profiles for each of them like that. Right now I'm just using Wizard on one character until I get all of the kinks worked out :p

[m444w]

Sounds pretty darn awesome. Now here's a noob question, how do I run ruby scripts via a lich scripts? :/



Lich scripts are Ruby scripts, they are just ran inside of the Lich environment so they have access to all of the Lich classes and methods, like GameObj or CharSettings, etc.

gems are modules for Ruby that add access to more classes.

just add a require `example-gem` to the top of your .lic file, after you have installed the gem via your terminal `gem install example-gem` and you are off to the races.

[Tgo01]

Lich scripts are Ruby scripts, they are just ran inside of the Lich environment so they have access to all of the Lich classes and methods, like GameObj or CharSettings, etc.

gems are modules for Ruby that add access to more classes.

just add a require `example-gem` to the top of your .lic file, after you have installed the gem via your terminal `gem install example-gem` and you are off to the races.

I guess what I meant to ask was how do I install these? :/

I know nothing about Ruby to be honest, I just learned how to script by making lich scripts.

How do I install this gem? I tried opening up a command prompt and doing gem install but that didn't work. I'm assuming a terminal is something different?

[Tgo01]

Woot! Thank you, m444w, for helping me to get that all working.

[Tgo01]

edit: one thing to keep in mind that if you have multiple windows open you have to create and save the new settings on the last one you close out. Its easiest to do it with only one window open and then close it before logging everyone back in. If you log out the one you saved the settings on and then log another one out the settings wont save. If that makes sense...

I'm not sure if this is what you were talking about but if I log in Character A it will load up Character B's profile and window position. It's an easy enough fix; I just load the layout for Character A and move the window where I want it but it would be nice if it remembered the correct window position and settings for each character.

Any idea what I did wrong?

[SpiffyJr]

You could try https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/spif-fe/fglecemcjogojihokmnnefnnhllmbjhm?hl=en

I can't remember if I put squelching in or not.

[Tgo01]

You could try https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/spif-fe/fglecemcjogojihokmnnefnnhllmbjhm?hl=en

I can't remember if I put squelching in or not.

Looks awesome. Is that run in a Chrome browser?

[Rozy]

WizardFE does have an "auto switch config" radio button under >Configuration>Options>Settings tab. halfway down on the lefthand side.

Hope that helps.

[Tgo01]

WizardFE does have an "auto switch config" radio button under >Configuration>Options>Settings tab. halfway down on the lefthand side.

Hope that helps.

That fixes the problem of it not automatically switching to the correct character profile, thank ya.

But it still doesn't save window size and position :/

I just realize WizardFE doesn't have my favorite feature from SF; clicking a link to take you to the web browser skill goals. Is there something I can type in game that will bring me there or is that an exclusive SF feature?

[RangerZ]

GOALS will open up the browser.

[Anebriated]

set up your wizFE windows as you want them to be then save them via windows > Layouts > save layout as. If you have one setup that you want to use for everyone then save it as Current.lay and it becomes your default.

[Tgo01]

GOALS will open up the browser.

Woot! Thank ya. That was going to drive me nuts.


set up your wizFE windows as you want them to be then save them via windows > Layouts > save layout as. If you have one setup that you want to use for everyone then save it as Current.lay and it becomes your default.

I tried that but it didn't work. WizardFE must hate me.

[SpiffyJr]

Looks awesome. Is that run in a Chrome browser?

Yep. It is a chrome web app. It is stand alone though so it runs in its own window.

[Warriorbird]

Yep. It is a chrome web app. It is stand alone though so it runs in its own window.

Does it do LICH/non GS Simu games? If so, wow, it's like something Simu should've made many many years ago.

[SpiffyJr]

Does it do LICH/non GS Simu games? If so, wow, it's like something Simu should've made many many years ago.

It requires Lich. I could make it just play the game but without Lich whats the point?

[Warriorbird]

It requires Lich. I could make it just play the game but without Lich whats the point?

Very cool and so very true! I don't know why Simu didn't think about it in their last ridiculous FE. If I ever consider GS again I'll be downloading the app. I still talk to a bunch of DR people, however. Could it work for them?

[SpiffyJr]

Depends on how different the XML coming from Simu is.

[Tillmen]

Anyone know how to get sounds to work for windows other than the main window?

I want sounds to play in my thoughts window but they won't. The strings are being highlights so at least I know that part works but no sounds.

It has been a while, but I think you just right-click on the window you want and click "Process Sounds" or something to that effect on the menu that pops up.